ITBP guards the 3,488 km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC)
between India and China, was raised in 1962 in the aftermath of the
Chinese aggression
The over 83,000 personnel-strong ITBP at present has about 1,500 women (nearly 1.75 per cent) with the majority being in the rank of constables.
There are senior women officers in the force but they are in other service streams like veterinary doctors but not in a combat role.
Of the five Central Armed Police Forces(CAPF), the Central Reserve Police Force and the Central Industrial Security Force had allowed women to apply as direct-entry officers through the UPSC for a long time.
Two other forces -- the Border Security Force and the Sashastra Seema Bal -- were allowed to directly induct women officers in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force is the last of the CAPFs to induct women officers in combat roles after the government first allowed it to enroll them in 2016
The over 83,000 personnel-strong ITBP at present has about 1,500 women (nearly 1.75 per cent) with the majority being in the rank of constables.
There are senior women officers in the force but they are in other service streams like veterinary doctors but not in a combat role.
Of the five Central Armed Police Forces(CAPF), the Central Reserve Police Force and the Central Industrial Security Force had allowed women to apply as direct-entry officers through the UPSC for a long time.
Two other forces -- the Border Security Force and the Sashastra Seema Bal -- were allowed to directly induct women officers in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force is the last of the CAPFs to induct women officers in combat roles after the government first allowed it to enroll them in 2016
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